Casa indipendente in Via Cerretana
TOIANO - VINCI TERRATETTO LIBERO SU TRE LATI CON GIARDINO ESCLUSIVO L'immobile è situato nel comune di Vinci, nella frazione di Toiano, a pochi minuti da tutti i principali servizi e dal centro del paese, in una zona verdeggiante e poco trafficata. La proprietà si sviluppa su due livelli per un totale di c. ca 450…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €49,000 price is only €109/m², but a complete restoration of 450 m² at roughly €1,100/m² implies about €544,000 all-in, or €1,209/m²—well above the local €643/m² benchmark. The interior cannot be inspected, and the listing does not say whether the previously approved subdivision project remains valid.
More on the house and the area
This is a large Tuscan rural property with some old-house character, mature greenery, and a sizable garden near Vinci. However, it is clearly a major renovation project rather than a home you could realistically occupy soon, with deteriorated façades and a partially collapsing annex.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€178,000 – €263,000
Wiring, water and sanitary work of any kind, heating, air conditioning and gas go to a registered firm by law, and so do flues and the air openings for gas appliances. That labour stays in the bill. Yours is the stripping out, plaster, paint, floors, tiling and carpentry.
Labour is 61% of a renovation price on average and 67% at the median, across 191 items of the Emilia-Romagna 2025 public price list. Materials are the rest. An averaged price list, not a quote.
Materials you buy yourself carry 22% VAT; supplied by the firm doing the work they go at the 10% renovation rate. On a €30,000 materials bill that is €3,600 of extra tax.
Household wiring installed before 13 March 1990 counts as compliant if it has a main breaker with overcurrent protection, protection against direct contact and a 30 mA RCD. Having a firm bring the existing wiring up to that and certify it is the cheapest lawful route.
- Entirely to be renovated; the interior cannot be inspected.
- Visible damp, peeling façades, overgrown grounds, and a severely deteriorated covered section suggest substantial structural work.
- No livable interior, kitchen, or usable bathroom is shown; renovation permissions and utilities need verification.
Estimate from the listing and its photos, not a survey. Treat it as the starting point for your own quotes. An Italian builder's quote is normally written without VAT and without design fees, so add about a quarter to any figure a firm gives you.
The area around
Location score 55/100The area lies in the middle Valdarno on the Arno plain, with low cultivated hills of the Montalbano and the first Chianti hills within reach. The Arno and the Elsa river system shape the local landscape. Florence is the nearest major city and provides the full range of services, monuments and transport links; Empoli itself is a substantial service town with a historic centre and rail connections. Vinci, on the Montalbano side, is known as the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci. This part of Tuscany is known for vineyards, olive groves and mixed agricultural countryside.